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[center][h3] Survival is a four letter word. Hope. [/h3][/center]
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2018. The year the world went to shit. It started out with the sudden outbreaks of the Zika virus and HIV. Governments fought over the small supply of vaccines to keep their people safe. Civil wars broke out in between the economic classes, the lower classes fighting for the vaccines kept only amongst the upper.

It was only weeks after this that the first true zombies were sighted. Most people thought it was a hoax and went about their daily lives in absolute ignorance. But the threat grew bigger. South America was overrun in days, the mystery virus spreading like wildfire amongst the people. Then it came up though Mexico and into the States. Just East, the virus had taken the majority of Africa and Asia, beginning to seep it’s way into Europe.

The virus hit the Canadian a few days after New York fell to the undead. Cities were turned to ghost towns overnight and many people lost their lives to the hordes of reanimates. Cars were abandoned in favor of fleeing on foot, leaving the freeways unpassable by vehicle.

It has been one week since the mass evacuation and the only hope is that the transmission being broadcast on all channels is still true. A military safe zone, 100km North. Your fate will be determined by your actions.

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[h3][color=gray]Overview:[/color][/h3]

This is a mainly character and driven roleplay. Your choices will have a direct impact on the storyline. Player characters can die if stupid choices are made. I will not hesitate to kill off a character if you give me a reason to. That being said, I will not go out of my way to do so. I am running this because I enjoy the freedom that this setting gives people to roleplay, and it allows for some awesome character development.

In this roleplay you will be deciding the fate of your character(s) and following their new life in the zombie apocalypse. We will be starting the day before Day Zero. This allows for interesting RP as we get to see the characters struggling to cope with the reality of what’s happening to their world around them.

It is set in May 2018, beginning in the city of Toronto in the great white North (Canada, for those who live under a rock). Given the area and time that we’re starting in, I expect people to cohere to the environment. Canada in May, you can expect temperatures in the range of 10-20 Celcius (50-65ish Fahrenheit) mixed in with a fair amount of rain.
 
The first post for each character will be similar to a normal day in their lives, three months before the initial outbreak. This serves two purposes. One, it allows for a decent introduction of the character itself, and two, it allows us to see the starting point of the character’s morality and values. After that we will skip to Day Zero, marking the fall of the last organised governments. Characters will begin somewhere in the Greater Toronto Area, though where that is will be up to you. The GTA is not only city areas, so you are not limited in that aspect. It is intended that players will not be running solo throughout the whole RP. You may form groups before the start of the RP, but please update your CS when you do so that I may add them to the main OOC page.

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[center][h3]Link to the OOC page: [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/136565-lonely-world-a-twd-inspired-rp/ooc]LINK[/url] [/h3][/center]
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